A Salem man is accused of pouring gasoline on his mother's porch and lighting it on fire. Tune in to hear how police tracked him down.

A Salem man is accused of pouring gasoline on his mother's porch and lighting it on fire. Tune in to hear how police tracked him down.

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Updated: 8:10 AM EST Dec 14, 2015

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WEBVTT . THE ROAD IS BACK OPEN THIS MORNING. >>> A MAN WILL BE ARRAIGNED IN COURT AFTER HE SET HIS OWN MOTHER'S HOUSE ON FIRE. POLICE ARRESTED JUSTIN KANE SUNDAY EVENING. INVESTIGATORS SAY KANE POURED GASOLINE ON HIS MOTHER'S PORCH AND LIT IT ON FIRE. RAY BREWER IS LIVE IN SALEM WITH THE LATEST. GOOD MORNING, RAY. RAY: GOOD MORNING. POLICE TELLING US THAT JUSTIN KANE LIVES AT THE HOUSE WITH HIS MOTHER. KANE RAN OFF AND WAS PICKED UP BY SOMEONE. THAT LED TO A SEARCH INVOLVING SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS. >>> 27-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN KANE IS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO LIGHT HIS HOME ON FIRE. THE TWO HAD AN ARGUMENT. KANE POURED GASOLINE ON THE REAR DECK AND LIT IT ON FIRE. SALEM FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE DUPLEX BEFORE 3:00 SUNDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE SEARCHED THE AREA WITH HELP FROM OTHER LOCAL DEPARTMENTS. >> SINCE IT WAS ON REALLY THAT THREE TOWN BORDER, WE SET UP PERIMETERS TRYING TO BASICALLY LOCK IN THE SUSPECT. RAY: POLICE SAY KANE WAS FOUND THANKS TO HIS CELL PHONE. >> WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRACK SOMEONE'S CELL PHONE AND GET A GAUGE ON THEIR APPROXIMATE LOCATIONS WHERE WE CAN FOCUS THE RESOURCES. RAY: KANE WAS ARRESTED LEAVING HIS DAD'S HOUSE. THEY ARE JUST THANKFUL THAT NO ONE WAS HURT IN THE FIRE. >> THAT ARSON COULD HAVE GOTTEN REALLY BAD. ESPECIALLY USING A PROPELLANT SUCH AS GASOLINE. RAY: IT IS UNCLEAR WHO PICKED KANE UP. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION, GIVE THEM A CALL. LIVE IN SALEM, RAY BREWERWMUR NEWS 9. ERIN: A FAMILY LOST THEIR HOME TO A FIRE. IT HAPPENED BEFORE 6:00 ON PINE WOOD DRIVE. THE HOUSE OF ENGULFED IN FLAMES. HAMPSTEAD FIRE SAYS THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE REDD CROSS IS ASSISTING TWO PEOPLE NOW. HALF A DOZEN DOWNS BATTLED THE BLAZE >> WE HAD TO WRING IN BACKUP. ERIN: THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. >>> NOW MORE ON A DEADLY CRASH. ERIC WILLIAMS FROM HAMPTON WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THEY TRIED TO PULL WILLIAMS OVER FOR SEVERAL DRIVING VIOLATIONS BEFORE THE CRASH. HE LOST CONTROL, SMASHED IN TO GUARDRAILS, AND ROLLED HIS CAR. HE DID NOT HAVE A SEAT BELT ON. HE WAS THROWN FROM THE CAR. >> IN THE AREA JUST EAST OF EXIT 11, THE OPERATOR MADE A SUDDEN MOVEMENT IN THE VEHICLE WHICH CAUSED HIM TO LOSE CONTROL. IT ROLLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES IN THE MEDIAN AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO REST. ERIN: AND STAY WITH WMUR AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION IN TO THE CRASH. >>> A PELHAM TEEN IS ACCUSED OF DRIVING MORE THAN 100 MILES PER HOUR ON 93 THIS WEEKEND. STATE POLICE S 19-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH BROWN WAS DRIVING SOUTH. TROOPERS SAY BROWN WAS GOING 107 MILES PER HOUR IN THE 65 MILE PER HOUR ZONE. HE'S DUE IN COURT ON JANUARY 14TH ON RECKLESS DRIVING CHARGES. >>> STATE POLICE CITE A MAN FOR SPEEDING FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A WEEK. LAST THURSDAY THEY STOPPED 21-YEAR-OLD JOEL FIGUEROA FOR DRIVING 107 MILES PER HOUR ALSO ON 93 NEAR THE HOOKSETT TOLL PLAZA. HE WAS ARRESTED FOR RECKLESS OPERATION. YESTERDAY THE SAME TROOPER PULLED FIGUEROA OVER AGAIN FOR SPEEDING. HE REPORTEDLY TOLD THE TROOPER HAD HAD JUST PICKED UP HIS CAR FROM THE TOWING COMPANY. HE CLAIMED HE WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 80. THE TROOPER ISSUED ANOTHER SUMMONS FOR A SPEED VIOLATION. >>> CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN THE PHILLIP CHISM MURDER TRIAL ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THEY WERE POSTPONED BECAUSE ONE OF CHISM'S LAWYERS WERE SICK. THEY CLAIMS HE WAS INSANE WHEN H KILLED COLLEEN RITZER TWO YEARS AGO. >>> NASHUA POLICE WILL CONTINUE SEARCHING FOR RONALDO ACOSTA. HE'S DESCRIBED AS HISPANIC,'7", 150 POUNDS. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, POLICE CALL NASHUA POLICE. >>> A MINIATURE HORSE THAT WAS SHOT IN THE LEG WILL COME TO THE GRANITE STATE FOR SURGERY. $11,000 HAS BEEN RAISED TO HELP. THE MONEY WILL GO TOWARD A PROTHETIC LEG. THEY CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR CLUES ABOUT WHO SHOT MAX AND WHY. AFTER HE RECOVERS, THE OWNERS HOPE TO MAKE HIM A THERAPY HORSE FOR HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS. WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO DONATED TO THE FOOD DRIVE OVER THE WEEKEND. WE COLLECTED MORE THAN 154,000 MEALS. YOUR GENERATION CASH DONATIONS TOTALED $69,000. WE'RE STILL TALLYING THE ONLINE AND MAILED DONATIONS. YOU CAN STILL DONATE ONLINE. COMING UP, COMMITMENT 2016. TED CRUZ CLIMBING IN THE POLLS. WHY THE TEXAS SENATOR IS ON TOP. AND A SOMBER ANNIVERSARY MARKED IN CONNECTICUT. HOW SCHOOLS WILL REMEMBER THE VICTIMS OF THE SANDY HOOK SHOOTING. KEVIN: A LOT OF CLOUDS AROUND TODAY. TEMPERATURES REMAINING MILD FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WHEN IT BRINGS RAIN AND THE SYSTEMS THAT COME BEHIND THAT. IF IT COULD BE ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN RAIN. 6:38 >> YOU ARE WATCHING WMUR "NEWS 9 DAYBREAK" WITH ERIN FEHLAU, SEAN MCDONALD, AND METEOROLOGIST KEVIN SKARUPA. NOW NEWS 9 CONTINUES KEVIN: MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14TH. A LIVE LOOK IN MEREDITH. TEMPERATURES FROM THE MID 30'S TO MID 40'S. THAT MEANS ANYTHING WE SEE TODAY WILL BE IN LIQUID FORM. THE EXCEPTION IS THE EXTREME FAR NORTHERN AREAS OF THE STATE. THERE COULD BE FREEZING RAIN. BEYOND THAT, 40'S TO LOWER 50'S TODAY. MILDER TOMORROW. THE REST OF THE WORKWEEK COMING UP. ERIN: 6:42. ONE MORE DAY BEFORE THE DEBATE. NIKOLE KILLION IS LIVE IN WASHINGTON WITH MORE ON WHO IS UP AND WHO IS DOWN AND NIKOLE IT DOES LOOK LIKE SENATOR TED CRUZ IS CLIMBING. REPORTER: THAT'S RIGHT. EVEN THOUGH AN NBC NEWS JOURNAL POLL SHOWS THE CREWS RUNNING SECOND NATIONAL, HE'S THE FRONT RUNNER IN IOWA ACCORDING TO THE TWO POLLS. >> VOTERS ARE GOING TO MAKE A DECISION. REPORTER: TED ON TOP. NOW LEADING BY TEN POINTS ACCORDING TO THE DES MOINES REGISTER BLOOMBERG POLITICS POLL. FOX NEWS HAS HIM WITH A CLOSER SPREAD EDGING BY TWO POINTS. >> LOOK AT HOW HE'S DEALT WITH THE SENATE. HE GOES IN LIKE A MANIAC. YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO GET THINGS DONE. REPORTER: HE DIDN'T LEAVE IT THERE. TED POSTED THE FLASH DANCE SONG "MANIAC I HONOR O GOOD-HEARTED MANIACS EVERYWHERE. >> EACH TIME HE'S HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN STRONG DEFENSE AND THE ISOLATIONIST, HE SEEMS TO SIDE WITH THE ISOLATIONS. REPORTER: CARSON HAS LOST GROUND. >> I HAVEN'T SPENT A LOT OF TIME ASKING FOR MONEY. I'VE SPENT MANY NIGHTS IN THE OPERATOR ROO NIKOLE: CRUZ AND -- CARSON AND RUBIO HAD SLID TO THIRD AND FOURTH PLACE BEHIND TED CRUZ AND DONALD TRUMP. ALL OF THE CANDIDATES HOPING TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY AFTER THE GOP DEBATE TOMORROW. ERIN: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TODAY MARKS THREE YEARS SINCE THE SHOOTING AT SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THE ANNIVERSARY FALLS ON THE SCHOOL DAY. SCHOOL OFFICIAL WILLS HAVE SOME MOMENTS OF SILENCE AT THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. NOW THREE YEARS AGO GUNMAN KILLED 20 STUDENTS AND SIX ADULTS IN THE MASSACRE IN NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT. >>> A WALK WAS HELD IN PORTSMOUTH TO END GUN VIOLENCE. A CROWD GATHERED BEFORE MARCHING AROUND DOWNTOWN. ORGANIRS WANTED TO HONOR SURVIVORS OF GUN VIOLENCE. THE SURVIVORS SAY THAT MASS SHOOTINGS SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED AS THE NORM. >> WE ALLOW THIS TO GO ON. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. IT IS NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE. IT IS AN ISS OF SAFETY. ERIN: SIMILAR WALKS FEATURING THE GUN VIOLENCE ACTIVIST TOOK PLACE AROUND THE COUNTRY THIS WEEKEND. >>> TWO MOSQUES WERE VANDALIZED IN CALIFORNIA SATURDAY NIGHT. THEY SPRAY PAINTED REFERENCES TO JESUS CHRIST. THE AREA HAD TO BE EVACUATED AND THE BOMB SQUAD CALLED OUT AFTER A PLASTIC REPLICA WAS A GRENADE WAS FOUND. THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE FBI TO INVESTIGATE. THEY BELIEVE IT IS HATE CRIME INCIDENTS THE MONARCHS AND THE ADIRONDACK THUNDER PLAID. NOT A LOT OF SCORING THANKS TO SOME GOOD GOAL TENDING. CARR MADE 32 SAVES AND CARSON 30 FOR THE THUNDER. ADIRONDACK FINALLY BROKE THROUGH. THE THUNDER WOULD ALSO ADD AN ETCHT NET GOAL. >> GENERALLY WE WERE A LITTLE BIT OF A TIRED HOCKEY CLUB. WE PLAYED THE GAME WE NEEDED TO PLAY. WE DIDN'T BURY OUR CHANCES. THAT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO. >> IT IS A 3-3. IT IS SUNDAY. WE'RE COMING OFF OF A LONG ROAD TRIP. I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A CHESS MATCH. THE TEAM THAT MADE THE MOST MISTAKES WOULDN'T WIN. THE BOYS PLAYED HARD IN FRONT OF ME. A STOPPABLE PUCK IS THE DIFFERENCE. ERIN: THE MATE -- PATRIOTS ARE ON TOP OF THE AFC EAST. ROB GRONKOWSKI BACK IN THE LINEUP. HE CONTRIBUTED RIGHT AWAY. FIRST QUARTER HE FINDS GRONK FOR A 45-YARD COMPLETION. THAT SETS UP THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN OF THE GAME. BRADY TO MARTIN FOR THE SCORE GAVE PLANE T 7-0 LEAD. SECOND QUARTER BRADY CONNECTS WITH HIS FAVORITE RECEIVER. A TOUCHDOWN FOR GRONK. HE HAD FOUR CATCHE FOR 88 YARDSND A TOUCHDOWN. PATRIOTS WIN THIS ONE 27-6. THEY ARE NOW 11-2. BACK IN FIRST PLACE IN THE AFC THANKS TO LOSSES BY THE BENGALS AND THE BRONCOS. >>> LOCAL CHEERLEADERS MADE NEW HAMPSHIRE PROUD. THIS IS THE SCREAMING EAGLES CHEERLEADER TEAM. THEY TOOK SECOND IN THE NATIONALS AT A COMPETITION IN FLORIDA. THE JAGUARS WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE NASHUA CRUSADERS TOOK SECOND PLACE. WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF THE TEAMS FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE. >> NOW YOUR STORM WATCH 9 FORECAST. ERIN: ALL RIGHT. 44. IT IS NOT EVEN 7:00 OUT THERE YET. WE ARE IN DECEMBER. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

Salem man accused of setting mom's porch on fire due in court

A Salem man is accused of pouring gasoline on his mother's porch and lighting it on fire. Tune in to hear how police tracked him down.